The Multiple Mini-Interview for Emergency Medicine Resident Selection

Use of the Interview in Resident Candidate Selection: A Review of the Literature

“…79 Assessment of clinical skills in the form of an objective structured clinical examination or a multiple mini interview (MMI) to assess competencies desired by the program has been described for individual programs and regional assessment centers for selection of residents. Many of the studies examining Additional degree (Masters, PhD) 4 (9) validity evidence for the MMIs or multiple station interviews were identified in this review (MMI 70,[85][86][87][88][89][90][91] and competency center 71,[92][93][94][95][96][97][98] ). Several studies showed a positive correlation between multiple station interviews and future clinical examination testing.…”

Social Media Responses to the Annals of Emergency Medicine Residents' Perspective Article on Multiple Mini-Interviews

“…[3][4][5] Although the multiple mini-interview technique has been gaining traction in undergraduate medical education admissions during the past decade, its application to the graduate medical education selection processes is a newer phenomenon. [6][7][8] Although residency selection committees also value objective, reliable assessments of noncognitive abilities, there are important differences in the role of the interview between medical school and residency selection processes, such as recruitment and determining personality fit. The featured Residents' Perspective article was inspired by the first author's personal experience participating in a multiple mini-interview as a resident applicant.…”

“…Since then, Hopson et al 6 published an evaluation of 71 new interns who completed an 8-station multiple miniinterview focused on emergency medicine topics. They found that although multiple mini-interview performance correlated with emergency medicine grades, it did not correlate with match desirability, and applicants preferred a traditional format over a blended format (traditional and multiple mini-interview questions), which they still found preferable to the multiple mini-interview format alone.…”

Development and Assessment of the Multiple Mini-Interview in a School of Pharmacy Admissions Model

“…[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Across these settings, the MMI seems to be a useful admissions tool for measuring professional attributes. In a systematic review of studies exploring MMI use for student selection in health professions training, Pau et al concluded that candidates and interviewers found the process acceptable and fair.…”